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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






2. The amount of light reflected by a hue






3. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






4. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






5. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






6. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






7. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






8. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






9. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






10. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






11. Application of potassium sulphide






12. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






13. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






14. Known for his glass sculpture






15. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






16. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






17. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






18. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






19. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






20. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






21. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






22. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






23. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






24. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






25. Creates blue dye






26. Something that supports a sculpture






27. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






28. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






29. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






30. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






31. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






32. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






33. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






34. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






35. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






36. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






37. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






38. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






39. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






40. Renowned for paintings and prints






41. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






42. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






43. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






44. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






45. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






46. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






47. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






48. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






49. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






50. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face